Freelance Medical & Billing Coder

Dane Street, LLC; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Schedule flexibility

Supplemental income opportunities

User-friendly work portal

Transcription services at no cost

Job summary

Dane Street, LLC is looking for experienced Coders, bill reviewers, and payment integrity reviewers to join their team in San Antonio, Texas. Candidates will evaluate medical billing and coding, ensuring accuracy and quality in a remote work environment. Required is a CPC, APCC, CMBS, or DRG coder certification, along with excellent communication skills. Dane Street offers competitive compensation, flexible schedules, and a robust opportunity for supplemental income, making this an exciting opportunity for motivated professionals.

Qualifications

• CPC, APCC, CMBS, or DRG coder certification required.
• Experience in payment integrity or bill review strongly preferred.
• Work experience in a remote setting is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate appropriateness of codes against program standards.
• Ensure medical records match codes and retrieve if needed.
• Communicate with clients for quality assurance.

Skills

Urgency and deadline management

Self-motivation

Excellent written and verbal communication

Attention to detail

Proficiency in Google Chrome and G Suite

Education

CPC, APCC, CMBS, or DRG coder certification

Job description

Calling all bill review professionals, CPC coders, AAPC, and DRG coders! Dane Street is looking for highly motivated Coders, bill reviewers, and payment integrity reviewers candidates to join our team. Dane Street offers an exciting work environment, competitive compensation, and strong growth potential.

Job Summary

A new program offering on the group health side of our business enables you to apply your clinical knowledge to review reports accompanying medical records to ensure that medical billing information and coding are correct. You will communicate with other reviewers and their office teams in order to clarify questions and ensure timely return to the client.

Core Duties & Responsibilities

• Evaluates the appropriateness of codes and determine whether they meet all established program standards.
• Ensures that the medical records are matched appropriately to the codes and if not, obtains them.
• Read & apply policy guidelines and healthcare terminology and delineate when criteria are/are not met.
• Evaluates claims for conflict of interest and criteria appropriateness.
• Works within established timeframes set by program parameters.
• Provides strong customer service skills and works closely with clients on a case- by-case basis to provide complete, timely, and error-free quality assurance of cases.
• Provides clinical oversight to cases that are complex and need additional review prior to return to the client.
• Serves as an additional level of QA and clinical knowledge/review for cases with quality Issues.

Required Education & Experience

• Must have a CPC, APCC, CMBS, or DRG coder certification.
• Payment integrity or professional bill review experience is strongly preferred.
• Out-of-network bill review experience is a plus.
• Experience working in a remote environment is preferred.
• Experience in a medical office or health care background.

Required Skills

• Must work with a sense of urgency and meet deadlines.
• Must be self-motivated, with a strong drive for performance excellence.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Proficiency in navigating a variety of computer programs (Experience with Google Chrome, Gmail, Docs, Sheets, etc., is a plus).
• Attention to detail is required.

Additional Information

Please be aware that Dane Street will never conduct an interview via text or request checks from candidates for purchasing equipment.

Benefits

• Robust opportunity for supplemental income
• Schedule flexibility and predictable work hours- conduct reviews based on your schedule availability
• Fully prepped cases, streamlined case flow, transcription services at no cost, and a user-friendly work portal

About Us

A fast-paced, Inc. 500 Company with a high-performance culture, Dane Street is seeking insightful, astute forward-thinking professionals. We process over 200,000 insurance claims annually for leading national and regional Workers' Compensation, Disability, Auto and Group Health Carriers, Third-Party Administrators, Managed Care Organizations, Employers and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. We provide customized Independent Medical Exam and Peer Review programs that assist our clients in reaching the appropriate medical determination as part of the claims management process.